Neck-yoke.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. BUZARD AND CLARENCE L. NORTON, OF MARS, PENNSYLVANIA.

N ECK-YOKEi,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,258, dated November 12, 1901i Application filed May 27, 1901. Serial No. 621081. (N0 model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that we, JOHN C. BUZARD and CLARENCE L. NORTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Mars, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNeck- Yokes; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to neck-yokes.

A The object of the invention is to provide a yoke of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, and comparatively inexpensive of production and which may be easily and quickly attached to the tongues or poles of vehicles.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of our improved neckyoke, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View through the snap-hook.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the spreader-bar, which may be of any wellknown or approved construction. 2 denotes the snap-hook, provided with a yoke-shaped shank 3, which is pivoted to a stud 4, projecting from a sleeve 5, secured to the spreaderbar, the pivotal point being at one side or removed from the longitudinal axis of the spreader-bar. The snap-hook may be of any well-known or approved construction, that shown, consisting of a bill a and a spring-actuated guard b, being preferred.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, Inode of operation, and advantages of our invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction may be made'within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isj The combination with a sleeve adapted to be attached to a spreader-bar and provided with an integral stud projecting eccentrically from the sleeve and arranged at right angles to its axis, of a hook having a yoke-shaped shank which encompasses said sleeve, the ends of the yoke being separat-ed or spaced apart and resting upon the ends of the stud, and a bolt extending through the ends of the sleeve and the stud and thus pivotally connecting the hook to the sleeve.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOI-IN C. BUZARD. CLARENCE L. NORTON.

Witnesses:

ALEX. MITCHELL, JOHN H. JACKSON. 

